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Friday, August 29, 1997
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Black farmers file lawsuit
against USDA for racism
WASHINGTON A group of
black farmers, including one from
North Carolina, filed a lawsuit seeking
close to $513 million in damages from
the Agriculture Department for alleged
delays in processing their loan applica
tions because of their race.
The USDA also failed to investigate
hundreds of discrimination complaints
the plaintiffs lodged from January 1983
to January 1997, according to the law
suit filed in District of Columbia district
court.
“When the farmers filed complaints,
the department willfully either avoided
processing and resolving the complaint
by stretching the review process out over
many years or conducted meaningless,
or ghost investigations, or failed to take
action,” the lawsuit alleged.
It lists three plaintiffs but seeks class
action status to represent 641 black
farmers who claim they were victimized
by racial discrimination.
One named plaintiff, Tim Pigford, a
farmer in Riegelwood, N.C., claims
local USDA officials handled his loan
application differently from those
turned in by white farmers. He said the
delay caused him to lose his land and
eventually to stop farming.
“Pigford has suffered frustration,
humiliation, anxiety and other mental
distress at his inability to obtain redress
from USDA for the racial discrimina
tion committed against him,” the law
suit said.
N. Korea breaks off talks
after defections to U.S.
WASHINGTON North Korea’s
grudging opening to the West was
closed at least temporarily Wednesday
after the United States took in a diplo
matic defector from the communist
country.
Sidetracked immediately were nego
tiations to curb the spread of North
Korea’s missile technology, most omi
nously to Iran.
So far, preliminary four-way peace
talks that would include South Korea
and China remain on schedule for next
month. But North Korea’s sudden and
angry suspension of the missile negoti
ations just before midnight Tuesday
may cast a long shadow.
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In calling its negotiators home from
New York, North Korea’s reclusive gov
ernment urged the Clinton administra
tion to turn over Ambassador Chang
Sung Gil, who defected from his post in
Egypt, and his brother, Chang Sung Ho,
a diplomat on a trade mission to Paris.
The State Department, which incor
rectly announced they had been offi
cially granted asylum, nonetheless gave
no ground.
The brothers and their families
entered the United States under tempo
rary arrangements that could be made
permanent later.
Bosnian-Serb fight leaves
soldier, civilians injured
BRCKO, Bosnia-Herzegovina
U.S. troops became more deeply
embroiled Thursday in a violent power
struggle among Bosnian Serbs, firing
tear gas and warning shots to fend off
rock-hurling Serb mobs. An American
soldier was injured in the clash, one of
the most serious involving NATO
peacekeepers since the Bosnian war
ended.
Several civilians also were wounded
in the melee. Roving mobs smashed the
cars of international officials and
roughed up foreign reporters.
As NATO helicopters clattered over
head, U.S. soldiers in full battle gear
the main component of NATO forces in
the region tried to maintain calm.
Thursday’s violence stemmed from
the feud pitting Serb President Biljana
Plavsic against supporters of Radovan
Karadzic, the Bosnian Serbs’ wartime
leader and now sought by an interna
tional tribunal as its No. 1 war crimes
suspect.
Yasser Arafat displeased
with new Israeli response
HEBRON, West Bank Yasser
Arafat said Thursday that Israel’s con
ciliatory move to lift the monthlong
siege of Bethlehem was too small a ges
ture.
The Palestinian leader, who toured a
factory and met with professors at
Hebron University, complained that
Israel’s broader closure of the West
Bank and Gaza Strip constituted collec
tive punishment and cost his economy
$9 million a day in lost trade and wages.
“It’s a good step, but it is not
enough,” Arafat said of Israel’s move
Wednesday.
An aide to Arafat, meanwhile, called
for U.S. pressure on Israel to end the
overall blockade of the West Bank and
Gaza Strip.
Israel imposed the closure after a July
30 suicide bombing by Islamic militants
in a Jerusalem market that killed 16
people. The measure bars all
Palestinians, including some 100,000
workers, from entering Israel.
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Rock slide cleanup continues to halt traffic
BY VALERIE BREZINA
STAFF WRITER
A lengthy trip awaits students plan
ning to travel west of Asheville for
Labor Day weekend.
Cleanup efforts to remove the debris
from a rock slide on Interstate-40 West
began July 1 and continued this week
with no end in sight.
“When it first started in July, we
thought it may be done in about a
month, “ said Sgt. Brown of the N.C.
Highway Patrol. “But now some say it
may be finished as late as December.”
DEAN
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never made the newspapers,” Luse said.
Kessler also pointed out Schroeder’s
dedication to his work. “(He is) selfless
in the amount of time he spends here at
the University,” Kessler said.
Schroe ier prefers to downplay his
time commitment
“It’s simply a part of the job,” he
said. “It’s never been inappropriate or
burdensome.”
Schroeder prefers to discuss the more
positive aspects of his work, such as
working with student government.
“Student government is a wonderful
representation of what politics are all
about,” Schroeder said.
In particular, he has devoted his ener
gy to the student judicial system, taking
part in the recodification of the Honor
Code in the early 1970’s and running
numerous training sessions for those
involved in the judiciary.
Schroeder also takes particular pride
in establishing and coordinating the
Frances L. Phillips Travel Scholarships.
The scholarships offer students up to
$5,000 to develop and embark on their
own educational travel programs.
“It’s been a joy to work with the 100
students receiving the scholarship over
the past five years,” Schroeder said.
Kessler described the scholarships as
one of Schroeder’s “constant glows.”
“It’s a pleasure for him to see stu
dents take off and come back changed
by their experiences,” he said.
Schroeder also helped to coordinate
many commencements.
“There is no happier a day out of the
365 days in the year, no more joyful an
experience," he said of the ceremony.
Schroeder first came to UNC in 1964
to do postgraduate work in education
administration. He then served as dean
of men and director of the Department
of Student Life and Student Activities .
He became dean of students in 1984.
Schroeder said he wants to spend
more time with his grandchildren dur-
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The cleanup efforts block the inter
state for close to3o miles, forcing detours
that might invoice driving through other
states.
Sara Kempin, a spokesperson for the
N.C. Highway Patrol, said the detours
would aid those who needed to travel
west, if the drivers didn’t mind a leisure
ly drive.
“If, for example, you want to travel to
Tennessee, you can go north into
Virginia and then take a western route,”
she said. “But it is hard to calculate how
much time one loses in taking alterna
tive routes,” Kempin said.
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DTH/MICHAEL KANAREK
Former Dean of Students Fred Schroeder shakes hands with Crystal Daniel, a
sophomore from Winston-Salem, in the Pit on Thursday.
ing his retirement.
“After 33 years, it’s time to do some
thing different,” he said. “I’m looking
forward to that.”
Though his colleagues understand,
they agree he will be missed.
“Whoever comes in will never be like
Fred,” Kessler said.
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Bill Jones, a spokesman for the N.C.
Department of Transportation, said the
road could not be opened until his
department determined the interstate’s
safety.
“We are working as hard as we can,
but it is very difficult to put a time limit
on this,” he said. “Safety is our primary
concern, and the slopes are still very
unstable,” Jones said.
He added that the DOT is taking
numerous measures to ensure safety,
but these precautions take time.
“We are bolting rocks to the moun
tains to keep large boulders from break
“There is no other Dean Schroeder,”
Kitchen said. “He’s one of a kind.”
SCHROEDER
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one of several speakers at the reception.
“Fred’s integrity is the hallmark of
his character,” he said, turning to
Schroeder. “You have left very large
footsteps for us to follow in. You have
inspired us.”
Carol Binzer, director of Student
Services for the School of Nursing,
attended the reception.
“Dean Schroeder is a very good
mentor,” Binzer said. “I can truly say he
made a difference every single day.”
Susan Kitchen, vice chancellor for
student affairs, agreed.
“If you look around, it gives you a
snapshot of all the lives Fred has
touched over the years,” she said.
Kitchen joined Associate Director of
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ing loose; we are expanding the catch
ment, and we are placing a screen
between eastbound and westbound
lanes,” he said. “All this must be done
before we can open the road.”
Kempin said some merchants in the
western part of the state complained the
140 cleanup affected possible revenue
during a busy tourist season.
“The merchants in Hayward and
Madison counties have been complain
ing about loss of business,” she said.
“These businesses are eligible for small
business administration loans from the
federal government.”
FACULTY REWARDS
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Award two years ago and the Johnston
Teaching Excellence Award last spring.
He said salary rewards and recogni
tion from peers are usually for research
rather than teaching accomplishments.
But the teaching awards give him a
greater sense of accomplishment.
“It’s a different kind of recognition
than you get from a book or an article,”
Kramer said. “These students are right
there in the room with you, and it’s a
different kind of interaction.”
The task force report suggests that
the University reward professors who
work hard advising students, work with
student organizations, supervise student
internships or promote student service,
by giving them raises.
Faculty members would also try to
identify new teaching methods and have
informal contact with students as part of
their regular evaluations.
Departments would be rewarded in
their budgets if they find ways to reduce
class sizes, sponsor intellectual student
groups or offer more challenging cours
es.
And professors would get awards and
grants for developing classes in public
service.
Kramer said finding new ways to rec
ognize teaching would change the focus
of some professors from research.
“The teaching awards sort of balance
the scales a little bit,” he said.
Kramer does not hang his various
degrees in his office. He used to keep his
teaching awards off the walls, as well.
But he said he changed his mind
about the awards.
“These are sort of symbolic of a long
series of interchange with different peo
ple.”
Undergraduate Admissions Tony
Strickland, in presenting a fly-fishing
reel and pole to Schroeder.
“If there ever was a man who never
went fishing and closed up shop on us, it
was Fred Schroeder,” Kitchen said.
Schroeder also received an auto
graphed football and basketball from
football coach Mack Brown and basket
ball coach Dean Smith, who were
unable to attend the reception.
At the end of the ceremony, Richard
Stevens, chairman of the Board of
Trustees, presented a framed resolution
of appreciation on behalf of the BOT.
When asked for his reaction to the
reception and to all the people who
came to wish him well, Schroeder sim
ply said, “I’m overwhelmed, and I’m
going to have to leave it at that.
“I’m overwhelmed.”